Note on Posted Slides
• These are the slides that I intended to
show in class on Tue. Mar. 25, 2014.
• They contain important ideas and
questions from your reading.
• Due to time constraints, I was probably not
able to show all the slides during class.
• They are all posted here for completeness.
PHY205H1S
Physics of Everyday Life
Class 19: Electromagnetic Induction
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Faraday’s Law
Generators and Alternating Current
Power Production
Self-Induction
Power Transmission
Field Induction
Faraday’s and Henry’s Discovery of 1831
Two physicists working on opposite sides of the Atlantic
independently discovered and described
electromagnetic induction.
Schematic of Faraday’s original experiment, which
he first tried unsuccessfully in 1825.
Michael Faraday was the
son of a blacksmith, born in
1791 in London, England.
Joseph Henry was born in 1797 in
upstate New York to very poor parents.
Faraday’s and Henry’s Discovery of 1831
 When one coil is placed directly above another, there
is no current in the lower circuit while the switch is in
the closed position.
 A momentary current appears whenever the switch is
opened or closed.
Faraday’s and Henry’s Discovery of 1831
 When a bar magnet is pushed into a coil of wire, it causes
a momentary deflection of the current-meter needle.
 Holding the magnet inside the coil has no effect.
 A quick withdrawal of
the magnet deflects
the needle in the
other direction.
Faraday’s and Henry’s Discovery of 1831
 A momentary current is produced by rapidly pulling a coil
of wire out of a magnetic field.
 Pushing the coil into the magnet causes the needle to
deflect in the opposite direction.
Changing the Number of “Loops”
When a magnet is plunged into a coil with twice as
many loops as another, twice as much voltage is
induced. If the magnet is plunged into a coil with 3
times as many loops, 3 times as much voltage is
induced.
Electromagnetic Induction
• It is more difficult to push the
magnet into a coil with many loops.
• This is because the induced
voltage makes a current, which
makes an electromagnet, which
repels the magnet in our hand.
• More loops mean more voltage,
which means we do more work to
induce it.
Faraday’s Law
• The induced voltage in a coil is proportional
to the number of loops, multiplied by the rate
at which the magnetic field changes within
those loops.
• Amount of current produced by electromagnetic
induction is dependent on:
– resistance of the coil,
– circuit that it connects,
– induced voltage.
Faraday’s Law
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
Which of the following explains the resistance you feel
when pushing a piece of iron into a coil?
A.
B.
C.
D.
repulsion by the magnetic field you produce.
energy transfer between the iron and coil.
Newton’s third law.
resistance to domain alignment in the iron.
Electric Guitar Pick-ups
Voltage is induced in a coil of wire by changing
the magnetic field passing through the coil.
Electrical Generator
A generator is a device that transforms mechanical
energy into electric energy.
A generator inside a hydroelectric dam uses
electromagnetic induction to convert the mechanical
energy of a spinning turbine into electric energy.
Electrical Generator
• Opposite of a motor
• Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy via coil
motion
• Produces alternating voltage and current
Electrical Generator
The frequency of alternating voltage induced
in a loop is equal to the frequency of the
changing magnetic field within the loop.
Power Production
MHD (MagnetoHydroDynamic) generator
• Eliminates the turbine and spinning armature altogether.
• A plasma of electrons and positive ions expands through
a nozzle and moves at supersonic speed through a
magnetic field.
• The motion of charges through a magnetic field gives rise
to a voltage and flow of current as per Faraday’s law.
Faraday’s Law
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
If you push a magnet into a coil of wire, a voltage is
produced.
If you increase the speed with which you push the magnet
into the coil, how does this change the voltage you
produce?
A.
B.
C.
Voltage is increased
Voltage is decreased
No change in voltage.
Faraday’s Law
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
If you push a magnet into a coil of wire, a voltage is
produced.
What else is created in the coil?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
charge
current
energy
force
power
Faraday’s Law
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
If you push a magnet into a coil of wire, voltage and current
is produced, so electric power is consumed in the coil.
Where does this energy come from?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Atoms in the coil decay and release the energy,
originally stored in their nuclei.
Electric potential energy, originally stored in the coil.
It is created by the electric forces involved.
The work you do pushing the magnet into the coil.
Magnetic Braking
 Consider pulling a sheet
of metal through a
magnetic field.
 Two “whirlpools” of
current begin to
circulate in the solid
metal, called eddy
currents.
 The magnetic force on
the eddy currents is a
retarding force.
 This is a form of
magnetic braking.
Metal Detectors
 A metal detector consists
of two coils: a transmitter
coil and a receiver coil.
 A high-frequency AC
current in the transmitter
coil causes a field which
induces current in the
receiver coil.
 The net field at the receiver decreases
when a piece of metal is inserted
between the coils.
 Electronic circuits detect the current
decrease in the receiver coil and set off
an alarm.
Metal Detectors
• Activation of traffic lights by a car moving over
underground coils of wire
• Triggering security system at the airport by altering
magnetic field in the coils as one walks through
Transformers
output
• Input coil of wire—the primary powered by ac
voltage source
• Output coil of wire—the secondary connected to
an external circuit
Transformers
• Step-up transformer
– produces a greater voltage in the secondary than
supplied by the primary
– secondary has more turns in coil than the primary
• Step-down transformer
– produces a smaller voltage in the secondary than
supplied by the primary
– secondary has less turns in coil than the primary
Transformers
Transformer relationship:
Primary voltage
secondary voltage
=
Number of primary turns number of secondary turns
A common
neighbourhood
transformer typically
steps 2400 volts
down to 240 volts for
houses and small
businesses.
Power Production
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
• A step-down transformer outside your house takes 2400
Volt input AC from the sub-station, and outputs 240 Volts
into your house (which is then further split to 120 V to
your plugs).
If the primary coil in this transformer contains 300 turns
of wire, how many turns of wire should be in the
secondary coil?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
3
30
300
3000
30,000
Transformers
Transformer transfers energy from one coil to
another.
• Rate of energy transfer is power.
• Power into primary ≥ power out of secondary
or, neglecting small heat losses:
• (Voltage  current)primary = (voltage  current)secondary
Power Production
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
A step-up transformer in an electrical circuit can step up
A.
B.
C.
D.
voltage.
energy.
Both A and B.
Neither A nor B.
Power Transmission
• Almost all electric energy sold today is in the form of ac
because of the ease with which it can be transformed from
one voltage to another.
• Large currents in wires produce heat and energy losses, so
power is transmitted great distances at high voltages and low
currents.
• Power is generated at 25,000 V or less and is stepped up near
the power station to as much as 750,000 V for long-distance
transmission.
• It is then stepped down in stages at substations and
distribution points to voltages needed in industrial applications
(often 440 V or more) and for the home (240 and 120 V).
Power Transmission; Calculation
• Power is generated in Niagara Falls, and the current is sent
down a 6-cm diameter copper wire that is 120 km long, which
ends in Toronto.
• Each wire has a resistance of 0.5 Ω.
• In Toronto, you have house which wants to use 100 Watts of
electricity.
• What is the rate of heat loss in the long-distance wire if the
power is delivered at 120 V?
• What is the rate of heat loss in the long-distance wire if the
power is delivered at 750,000 V?
Power Transmission; Calculation
• What is the rate of heat loss in the long-distance wire if the
power is delivered at 120 V?
0.5 Ω
+120 V
0V
P = 100 W
𝑃
𝐼 = = 0.83 𝐴
𝑉
0.5 Ω
• Total current through wires needed to deliver 100 Watts to
Toronto is 0.83 Amps.
• Voltage drop along each wire is 𝑉 = 𝐼𝑅 = 0.83 0.5 = 0.4 𝑉
• Heat loss rate in each wire is P = IV = 0.83 0.4 = 0.3 Watts
• 0.3% inefficiency for a single light-bulb in Toronto
Power Transmission; Calculation
• What is the rate of heat loss in the long-distance wire if the
power is delivered at 120 V 750,000 V?
0.5 Ω
+120 V 750,000 V
0V
P = 100 W
𝑃
𝐼 = = 0.83 𝐴 0.0001 𝐴
𝑉
0.5 Ω
• Total current through wires needed to deliver 100 Watts to
Toronto is 0.83 0.0001 Amps.
• Voltage drop along each wire is 𝑉 = 𝐼𝑅 = 0.83 0.0001 0.5 =
0.4 𝑉 0.00005 V
• Heat loss rate in each wire is P = IV =
0.83 0.0001 0.4 0.00005 = 0.3 5×10−9 Watts
• Efficiency increased by a factor of 40 million (~V2)
Self-Induction
• Current-carrying loops in a coil interact not only with loops of
other coils but also with loops of the same coil.
• Each loop in a coil interacts with the magnetic field around the
current in other loops of the same coil. This is self-induction.
• When the switch is opened, the magnetic field of the coil
collapses. This sudden change in the field can induce a huge
voltage.
Self Induction
 The current through the
coil is increasing
 Electric current in a coil
creates a magnetic
field.
 As the current is
increasing, the
magnetic field
increasing, so it must
induce an electric field.
Looking down the coil..
 As the magnetic field
changes, it creates an
electric field, which then
can “self-induce” a current
in the coil.
 This is a direct
consequence of
Faraday’s Law.
The Induced Magnetic Field
 As we know, changing
the magnetic field induces
a circular electric field.
 Symmetrically, changing
the electric field induces
a circular magnetic field!
 The induced magnetic
field was first suggested
as a possibility by James
Clerk Maxwell in 1855.
Field Induction
Electromagnetic induction is a “two-way street.”
• Faraday’s law:
– An electric field is induced in any region of
space in which a magnetic field is changing
with time
• Maxwell’s counterpart to Faraday’s law:
– A magnetic field is induced in any region of
space in which an electric field is changing
with time
Field Induction
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
The mutual induction of electric and magnetic fields can
produce
A.
B.
C.
D.
light.
energy.
sound.
None of the above.
Maxwell’s Theory of Electromagnetic Waves
 A changing electric field creates a magnetic field,
which then changes in just the right way to recreate
the electric field, which then changes in just the right
way to again recreate the magnetic field, and
so on.
 This is an electromagnetic wave.
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M
Field Induction
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
An electromagnetic wave (light) is traveling from left to
right, as shown.
At point P, what does the upward-pointing red arrow mean?
A. The electric wave passes above the point P.
B. A maximum amount of light is at point P.
C. Photons are traveling upward at the point P.
D. A positive electric charge at P would be pushed
upward by the electric force.
P
Field Induction
CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOR
An electromagnetic wave (light) is traveling from left to
right, as shown.
At point P, what does the blue arrow mean, which is
pointing out of the page?
A. A compass at P would point out of the page.
B. The magnetic wave passes in front of point P.
C. A minimum amount of light is at point P.
D. Photons are traveling out of the page at the point P.
P
Before class on Thursday
• Please read Chapter 26, or at least
watch the 10-minute pre-class video
for class 20.
• Something to think about:
• Photons must travel at exactly the speed of light,
300,000 km/s. So how is it possible that light
travels slower than this inside water or glass?